State Lawmakers Consider Closing Huntsville Forensics Lab

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The office in charge of performing autopsies for all north Alabama counties could soon shut down. State lawmakers are considering cuts to forensics labs across the state. Those cuts could take away the huntsville lab altogether. WHNT NEWS 19 spoke to Madison County's coroner about his concerns.

The forensics lab in Huntsville does everything from investigating drug cases to performing toxicology tests.

Its staff also does autopsies on bodies from 22 north Alabama counties.